Saturday, August 30, 2014

I am so happy that I was able to make the Tim Holtz Tag this month. I haven't played in awhile and I missed it. Though I have made plenty of "sand" from his July tag. ;)

On his blog he said it was kind of a follow your muse type of deal. But I enjoy going through the steps that he does because I always learn something. This month I learned I could stamp on the tissue tape and it would resist distress stain. :)

I was totally inspired by the new Dr. Who episode from last Saturday. If you still have it on your DVR you may want to scroll on ahead. ;) There was this main droid guy in the episode and there were steampunk elements. I loved it! So the fella was looking for "paradise." There is a P that I made from krackle paste (wendi vecchi's) and the eye chart stencil. I included lots of gears and the hot air balloon. It was a great episode!

Here is a closeup. Searching for Paradise :)

I am submitting this tag into the following:

Tim Holtz August Tag

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by! Until next time my friends...it's time to fire up the Tardis ;)

Friday, August 29, 2014

Since it's Friday it's time to find out what everybody's Favorite is at Scrap it Girl! Today we want to know what your favorite ink is? Do you like spray inks or stamp pads or some other way? I like stamp pads the best. :)

Here are my two favorite brands. I love distress because of how it reacts with water or spray inks :) And I love the colors of Stampin' Up.

So friends--what is your favorite type of ink? Until next time my friends...stay inky! :)

First I used gesso to prime it. Then I narrowed down my supplies to this:

The Kiwi Fruit embossing powder is on the bird. Using Glossy Accents I adhered the Melissa Frances glitter glass and black Distress glitter.

For the words I used Chipped Sapphire Distress paint. I outlined the letters with the Faber-Castell marker. Then using Versamark I applied Antiquities Frosted Crystal embossing powder. It gave it this texture and some shine.

Here is the finished piece. I had to give my bird a googly eye. On the back I hot glued a soda tab so that I can hang this up. Or if I should part with it-my lucky friend can hang it up. ;)

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Here is the Retro Happy Birthday stamp. I used Real Red Stampin' Up Craft Ink with this stamp and clear embossing powder. I used Real Red on the Tim Holtz Resist letters and for the Twirly Background stamp.

There are splatters from the stencils and from some mists that I used. However, if you look here and see those brown dots (walnut stain distress ink)--that is the distressed background stamp. I used it in other places on this layout but it shows up really well on the right hand corner.

Here are the retro circles. I used weathered wood and black soot distress inks. The weathered wood (like a gray) was applied first. Then I just did a few black circles to give it some dimension. You can also see the red twirls. :)

Here is how this look where the picture goes. You won't see all of those circles-but you need them to get the border to have some depth. The chevrons are a stencil (heidi swapp) and Stampin' Up White Craft Ink.

Here is the area with the picture and embellies. I also used Tim Holtz's sun burst stencil. Some of those dots you see is bubble wrap with walnut stain distress ink.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

There is a new sketch at Stick It Down! I was going through my pictures and found these 2 from where we stayed up to welcome the New Year. And then like magic this page came together! (Which doesn't usually happen like that!) ;)

The base paper is Bo Bunny. This is a close up. I bought the Jolee's steampunk owls and thought that would be a cool place for one. I always buy these cute little things and then I hoard them. I'm trying to get better and here is the first step! LOL! I used some Tim Holtz embellies and both die cuts are his. I glittered the hexagons and that has actually been hanging around because it didn't fit another project. Yay! Now it has a home :)

Here's the sketch. We would love to see you scrapbook pages!

Thank you for stopping by! Until next time my friends...Hope your 2014 is going well! :)

Monday, August 18, 2014

Today at House of Cards we are showing you the Cute Cards using this month's sketch.

For my cute card I too my strips and adhered them to my white panel. Then I embossed the whole thing. I know this technique has a name-but I don't know what it is called. I used 2 stamps from a Close To My Heart set (Merry Monsters) and the Happy Birthday is from Great Impressions.

A friend of ours gave us this cool Beach Photo Holder a couple of years ago. When I saw the new wood pieces at Unique Laser Designs-I was so excited! I knew what I could use them for!

Here are the Unique Laser Design Pieces I chose to decorate with: Shells and the Dolphin.

I started off painting the photo holder with Salty Ocean Distress Paint. I painted the base with Scattered Straw.

I painted the shells with gesso first. Then for the first 3 (left to right) I painted them with spun sugar. I outlined them with a worn lipstick distress marker (Thanks Tim Holtz for the idea!) and then I used Star Dust Stickles to outline the outlines (hehe). Then I used black soot distress ink around the outside of each piece.

For this shell I added a little Shaded Lilac distress ink with my finger. Just to add a little something.

For this shell-I actually painted it with an orange and white paint mix. I wanted it to be coral. I didn't use a marker for the outlines-just the Stickles.

For the sand-I made the sand using Tim Holtz's recipe and technique here. I love this! He is just brilliant! I did have to substitute 2 things-I used Stampendous black embossing powder and a generic gold glitter. But other than that everything else is the same. The Antique Linen distress embossing powder is a must because it give it the sandy color. (I personally don't have anything comparable.)

I don't have any pictures from making sand-it's a messing process. :)

For the dolphin I used Sparkle N Sprinkle's micro glitter sonic silver. They have a brushable glue-and that is what I used to adhere the glitter.

So here is my finished Beach Photo Holder. This is outside. By the pool. LOL! I don't live close enough to the beach for a quick photo.

And here is the photo holder in the photo box. :)

Thank you so much for stopping by! Until next time my friends...get your towels and sunscreen! ;) Summer isn't over yet!

Here is a picture of the background. The paper is from Simple Stories. I used spun sugar and the Twirly Background. There were a few spaces where only 2 twirls would fit so then I just stamped the 2 to fill in. Then I used light modeling paste with Tim Holtz's dot fade stencil.

The crown and wings are from the Tim Holtz die Heart Wings. For the crown I put gold embossing powder on it and rhinestones. For the wings I used dictionary paper and shaded lilac distress ink. I used glossy accents to glue down the Someone Like You and wings because there is modeling paste underneath, and I wanted to be sure it stuck.

I totally love this little bicycle! I stamped it a second time and colored it. then I cut out the balloons and the the present. I used pop dots (I had to cut the pop dots in half for the two smaller balloons. After I stamped the banner, I fussy cut it out and pop dotted it.

I cut out the banners on the side with a die cut machine. I glued the twine around the frame and for the strings on the balloons. Where the twine met in the left hand corner, I added a charm.

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Hello! Thank you for stopping by my little part of the world! I love paper crafts! I started off scrapbooking and making cards, and now I like doing all of that and then some! ATC's, tags, mixed media projects-I'm gonna try at least! I love all sorts of papers and styles but I really like Tim Holtz, grungy, and steampunk!
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